Information Processing Method and Information Processing Apparatus Having Communication Function

1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a first detection means for detecting that a first electronic device is closely positioned; a second detection means for detecting that a second electronic device is closely positioned; a first establishing means for establishing a first communication link at short distance when the first detection means detects that the first electronic device is closely positioned; a second establishing means for establishing a second communications link at short distance when the second detection means detects that the second electronic device is closely positioned; a first acquisition means for acquiring first identification information of the first electronic device via the first communication link; a second acquisition means for acquiring second identification information of the second electronic device via the second communication link; and a control means for establishing a third communication link at long distance between the first and second electronic devices based on the first and second identification information.

2. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second acquisition means obtain an address as the first or second identification information.

3. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the apparatus further comprises a search means for searching for addresses for the first and second electronic devices based on the first or second identification information.

4. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second acquisition means include reader/writers which communicate with RF tags provided for the first and second electronic devices to obtain the identification information.

5. An information processing method comprising the steps of: a first detecting step of detecting that a first electronic device is closely positioned; a second detecting step of detecting that a second electronic device is closely positioned; establishing a first communication link at short distance when the first detecting step detects that the first electronic device is closely positioned; establishing a second communication link at short distance when the second detecting step detects that the second electronic device is closely positioned; acquiring first identification information of the first electronic device via the first communication link; acquiring second identification information of the second electronic device via the second communication link; and a control step of establishing a third communication link at long distance between the first and second electronic devices based on the first and second identification information.

6. A recording medium which records a computer-readable program, the computer-readable program comprising the steps of: a first detecting step of detecting that a first electronic device is closely positioned; a second detecting step of detecting that a second electronic device is closely positioned; establishing a first communication link at short distance when the first detecting step detects that the first electronic device is closely positioned; establishing a second communication link at short distance when the second detecting step detects that the second electronic device is closely positioned; acquiring first identification information of the first electronic device via the first communication link; acquiring second identification information of the second electronic device via the second communication link; and a control step of establishing a third communication link at long distance between the first and second electronic devices based on the first and second identification information.